A last breakfast in the hotel. Again I was not willing to pay again 6.95 GBP. For that I would prefer to buy something on the way.

It took us less than five minutes to be at St. Pancras-International terminal. Quickly we got our boarding passes. After that we had to go through the bagggage check and passport check to enter the Schengen-Area. They announced the track 20 minutes ahead of departure. So we need to wait and got some supply of nice coffee with Caffe Nero and organic products sold in a vending machine of The Green Rendez-Vous before we boarded our train. We had unluck as we still got the old Eurostar-Train and unfortunately not a new train.

We had luck: the train was empty and the conductor offered us to reseat. We had unluck: as we departed before 11.00 hrs we got a 2nd breakfast but a lunch. But the service was really nice. We booked 1st class with German Railways. I.e. on Eurostar-section you "only" get Standard Premier. It was really convenient. And one last time change in the tunnel.

20 minutes scheduled transit time in Brussels South. But we were late. The problem: the Eurostar-part was separated and you need to get to the general part. We had unluck that we were in the 2nd part of the train and need to walk a while. And not only with German Railways it happened that they displayed the wrong order of the cars. We made it in the last second in the train which was quite full. One more time a scone in the train before we say good-bye to Sigi in Cologne, Germany. For our next voyage on QUEEN MARY 2 we had already appointed again: due to Bruno's 50th birthday we will see eachother on QUEEN MARY 2 again.

At Frankfurt Airport we need to have our winter clothes. By taxi we get to the neighborhood of Bruno's workplace. The first building I saw remembered me to my work in Switzerland: the corprate office of Nestlé Germany. Bruno got his car from the parking lot and we returned home. Three surprieses were waiting for us: 1st it was full of snow, 2nd I lost weight and 3rd a wisdom tooth started to grow again. Time to get back on a ship again. If possible again on QUEEN MARY 2.

Über mich / About Me

lebt in einer glücklichen Partnerschaft... pendelt zuviel... einerseits zwischen seinem Arbeits- und Wohnort. Ansonsten auch mittlerweile zuviel in der Weltgeschichte.
lives in a happy partnership... commutes too much... between his home and his work... but also around the world.